Homemade Envelope

    My High School daughter went to a lovely luncheon in honor of a friend who is graduating. We gave her a Movie Theater gift card as a gift. We printed out our own personalized greeting card on our home printer. We printed in black and white but on light green colored paper. Green is her favorite color. I then made an envelope out of the same color of paper. I think that it turned out cute. I didn't make it the same size as the one described in Amy Dacyczyn's The Tightwad Gazette but I used the same method. We also gave her a rose cut from our own rose bush that smelled amazing. Decked out in a stunning thrift store dress, my daughter looked like a million bucks. It turned out to be a beautiful affair.

The Complete Tightwad Gazette

I am a Mom who is looking to save money. Recently, my 13 year old daughter began flipping through by copy of Amy Dacyczyn's The Complete Tightwad Gazette. Written in the early 90's, it is the quintessential book on saving money. I followed her book religiously 15 years ago while my children were small and was grateful for the information that allowed me to be a Stay at Home Mom. My daughter and I thought that it would be fun to go back through the book together and see what we are still doing and what more we can do to save a dollar in this current economy. We are documenting our findings to help anyone else interested in being a Tightwad Today.